Mosaic

BEYOND THE STATS

Mosaic Apartments is a 56-unit affordable housing development in the historic Pico Union neighborhood of Los Angeles.

The genesis of the design came from the community itself: through a series of meetings, future residents expressed the desire to have seniors and families live together in one project, but also wanted a degree of separation. This led to a long two-building scheme – seniors on one side, families on the other – with a landscaped paseo running between them from the front to the back of the building, connecting between two streets.

The paseo is the central circulation court and gathering space for the project – a place for seniors to walk, children to play, and for everyone to interact.

Alvarado Historic District

Unexpected and almost hard-to-find, this one-street historic district cuts the corner at Hoover and Pico—a string of eclectic, well-kept Victorian mansions, an island of Old LA, only steps away from the bustle of two major boulevards.